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Christmas in July

July 27, 2015 By Karen Creel

I saw an old license plate in my storage building, and in the 98 degree in the shade weather, I immediately thought of Christmas. It was a 1966 Michigan License plate that stated “water winter wonderland”.   I decided to use a wooden tool tote to make a Christmas themed box. I bought this Waverly chalk… 

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Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Christmas decor, crafts, DIY, vintage license plates, Waverly chalk paint, wooden tool box, wooden tote

Repurposed Thrift Store Cabinet

June 19, 2015 By Karen Creel

My INTENTION was to clean out, and throw out. I had a goal of taking two boxes of junk a week to our local thrift store, a charity for a local children’s home. The first week, I cleaned out clothes, and dropped off my boxes without a glitch. The second week didn’t go as well. I did… 

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Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: DIY, enamel top kitchen cabinet, metal kitchen cabinet, Repurpose, Thrift Store Finds

DIY Herb Plant Markers

April 3, 2015 By Karen Creel

I have a small herb garden at the side of my patio, and have plans to add a few new herbs this year.  I was also thinking about placing a new herb sign in the garden, and wanted to create one myself.  I began looking through some junk that I had lying around the house. I found… 

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Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: brick, DIY, garden markers, herb garden, old shovel, terracotta pot

Teacup Winter Wonderland

December 8, 2014 By Karen Creel

Teacup crafts

I admit it. I am a magazine hoarder. I have them stacked in piles, and lined up on the bookshelf. I have great ambitions to tear out the pages of the things I think I will make, plant, or cook. I’ve  picked up a few vintage teacups on my trips to the thrift store, so… 

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Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: artificial snow, Country Woman Magazine, crafts, DIY, miniature gardens, teacup crafts


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